Welcome! Tom and
Yvonne Pitzi are the new owners of David Robbins
Homestead, formerly known as Rowan Tree Farm.
Located in the St George river valley, our home
is overlooking Seven Tree Pond. We offer a
peaceful country setting … Three guest rooms,
and a farm fresh breakfast. With in the heart of
the Mid-Coast region, only minutes from
coastal
village of Camden, Rockland, Wiscasset… from our
backyard, countless day trips.

History
David and Bess Robbins came to Union in
1775, and their children came with the
rest of the Robbins family in 1776. They
were the first family to settle in
Union. Their arrival by schooner from
Massachusetts, and the early years of
their settlement (called Sterlingtown)
was documented in the historical novel
Come Spring written by Ben Ames Williams
in 1940.

David and Bess built a cabin in the cove
on the shore of Seven Tree Pond in 1776.
They built the farmhouse in 1786. The
farmhouse was re-modeled in 1890, and
again in 2003.
School was held in the cabin by the
cove, and the first cemetery in Union
was on the high point of land
overlooking the narrows of Seven Tree
Pond.

Each summer the town of Union celebrates
"Founders Day", and provides a bus tour
of historical locations, including our
place, the original David and Bess
Robbins homestead.